On 03/14/2014 12:16 PM, Pedro Alves wrote:
>> Maybe we should take a step back and discuss why this fallback is
>> useful. Is it only so native debugging works by default without a
>> need to say "target native"?
>
> Yes. It's what makes
>
> $ gdb program
> (gdb) run
>
> Just Work.
OK, I think I have something clearer and better.
Pretend I've already renamed all native targets to
"target native" throughout.
This makes the option "set auto-connect-native-target on/off",
and tweaks the wording in the docs to talk about
"automatically connecting to the native target" rather
than talking about falling back.
WDYT?
------------
Subject: [PATCH] Allow making GDB not automatically connect to the native
target.
Sometimes it's useful to be able to disable the automatic connection
to the native target. E.g., sometimes GDB disconnects from the
extended-remote target I was debugging, without me noticing it, and
then I do "run". That starts the program locally, and only after a
little head scratch session do I figure out the program is running
locally instead of remotely as intended. Same thing with "attach",
"info os", etc.
With the patch, we now can have this instead:
(gdb) set auto-connect-native-target off
(gdb) target extended-remote :9999
...
*gdb disconnects*
(gdb) run
Don't know how to run. Try "help target".
To still be able to connect to the native target with
default-run-target set to off, I've made "target native" work instead
of erroring out as today.
Before:
(gdb) target native
Use the "run" command to start a native process.
After:
(gdb) target native
(gdb) maint print target-stack
The current target stack is:
- native (Native process)
- exec (Local exec file)
- None (None)
(gdb) run
Starting program: ./a.out
...
I've also wanted this for the testsuite, when running against the
native-extended-gdbserver.exp board (runs against gdbserver in
extended-remote mode). With that board, it's always a bug to launch a
program with the native target. Turns out we still have one such
case this patch catches:
(gdb) break main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x4009e5: file ../../../src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/coremaker.c, line 138.
(gdb) run
Don't know how to run. Try "help target".
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.base/corefile.exp: run: with core
Tested on x86_64 Fedora 17, native, and also with the extended-gdbserver board.
gdb/
2014-03-14 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* inf-child.c (inf_child_ops, inf_child_explicitly_opened): New
globals.
(inf_child_open): Push the target instead of erroring out.
(inf_child_disconnect, inf_child_close, inf_child_maybe_unpush):
New functions.
(inf_child_target): Install inf_child_disconnect and
inf_child_close. Store a pointer to the returned object.
* inf-child.h (inf_child_maybe_unpush): New declaration.
* inf-ptrace.c (inf_ptrace_mourn_inferior, inf_ptrace_detach): Use
inf_child_maybe_unpush.
* linux-nat.c (super_close): New global.
(linux_nat_close): Call super_close.
(linux_nat_add_target): Store a pointer to the base class's
to_close method.
* target.c (auto_connect_native_target): New global.
(show_default_run_target): New function.
(find_default_run_target): Return NULL if automatically connecting
to the native target is disabled.
(_initialize_target): Install set/show auto-connect-native-target.
* NEWS: Mention "set auto-connect-native-target", and "target
native".
gdb/doc/
2014-03-14 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Starting): Document "set/show
auto-connect-native-target".
(Target Commands): Document "target native".
gdb/testsuite/
2014-03-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
* boards/native-extended-gdbserver.exp (GDBFLAGS): Set to "set
auto-connect-native-target off".
---
gdb/NEWS | 10 ++++
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++
gdb/inf-child.c | 44 +++++++++++++++-
gdb/inf-child.h | 2 +
gdb/inf-ptrace.c | 6 +--
gdb/linux-nat.c | 8 +++
gdb/target.c | 48 ++++++++++++++----
gdb/testsuite/boards/native-extended-gdbserver.exp | 2 +
8 files changed, 163 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ maint ada show ignore-descriptive-types
the user manual for more details on descriptive types and the intended
usage of this option.
+set auto-connect-native-target
+
+ Control whether GDB is allowed to automatically connect to the
+ native target for the run, attach, etc. commands when not connected
+ to any target yet. See also "target native" below.
+
* New features in the GDB remote stub, GDBserver
** New option --debug-format=option1[,option2,...] allows one to add
@@ -76,6 +82,10 @@ maint ada show ignore-descriptive-types
* The "catch syscall" command now works on s390*-linux* targets.
+* The "target native" command now connects to the native instead of
+ erroring out. This can be used to launch native programs when "set
+ auto-connect-native-target" is set to off.
+
* New remote packets
qXfer:btrace:read's annex
@@ -2146,6 +2146,57 @@ initialization file---such as @file{.cshrc} for C-shell,
$@file{.zshenv} for the Z shell, or the file specified in the
@samp{BASH_ENV} environment variable for BASH.
+@anchor{set auto-connect-native-target}
+@kindex set auto-connect-native-target
+@item set auto-connect-native-target
+@itemx set auto-connect-native-target on
+@itemx set auto-connect-native-target off
+@itemx show auto-connect-native-target
+
+By default, if not connected to any target yet (e.g., with
+@code{target remote}), the @code{run} command starts your program as a
+native process under @value{GDBN}, on your local machine. If you're
+sure you don't want to debug programs on your local machine, you can
+tell @value{GDBN} to not connect to the native target automatically
+with the @code{set auto-connect-native-target off} command.
+
+If @code{on}, which is the default, and if @value{GDBN} is not
+connected to a target already, the @code{run} command automaticaly
+connects to the native target, if one is available.
+
+If @code{off}, and if @value{GDBN} is not connected to a target
+already, the @code{run} command fail with an error:
+
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) run
+Don't know how to run. Try "help target".
+@end smallexample
+
+If @value{GDBN} is already connected to a target, @value{GDBN} always
+uses it with the @code{run} command.
+
+In any case, you can explicitly connect to the native target with the
+@code{target native} command. For example,
+
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) set auto-connect-native-target off
+(@value{GDBP}) run
+Don't know how to run. Try "help target".
+(@value{GDBP}) target native
+(@value{GDBP}) run
+Starting program: ./a.out
+[Inferior 1 (process 10421) exited normally]
+@end smallexample
+
+In case you connected explicitly to the @code{native} target,
+@value{GDBN} remains connected even if all inferiors exit, ready for
+the next @code{run} command. Use the @code{disconnect} command to
+disconnect.
+
+Examples of other commands that likewise respect the
+@code{auto-connect-native-target} setting: @code{run}, @code{attach},
+@code{info proc}, @code{info os}.
+
@kindex set disable-randomization
@item set disable-randomization
@itemx set disable-randomization on
@@ -18050,6 +18101,13 @@ provide these. For info about any processor-specific simulator details,
see the appropriate section in @ref{Embedded Processors, ,Embedded
Processors}.
+@item target native
+@cindex native target
+Setup for local/native process debugging. Useful to make the
+@code{run}, @code{attach}, etc.@: commands spawn native processes even
+when @code{set auto-connect-native-target} is @code{off} (@pxref{set
+auto-connect-native-target}).
+
@end table
Different targets are available on different configurations of @value{GDBN};
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
+/* A pointer to what is returned by inf_child_target. Used to be able
+ to push the most-derived target in reaction to "target child". */
+static struct target_ops *inf_child_ops = NULL;
+
/* Helper function for child_wait and the derivatives of child_wait.
HOSTSTATUS is the waitstatus from wait() or the equivalent; store our
translation of that in OURSTATUS. */
@@ -109,10 +113,41 @@ inf_child_prepare_to_store (struct target_ops *self,
{
}
+/* True if the user did "target child". In that case, we won't unpush
+ the child target automatically when the last inferior is gone. */
+static int inf_child_explicitly_opened;
+
static void
inf_child_open (char *arg, int from_tty)
{
- error (_("Use the \"run\" command to start a process."));
+ target_preopen (from_tty);
+ push_target (inf_child_ops);
+ inf_child_explicitly_opened = 1;
+}
+
+static void
+inf_child_disconnect (struct target_ops *target, char *args, int from_tty)
+{
+ if (args != NULL)
+ error (_("Argument given to \"disconnect\"."));
+
+ /* This offers to detach/kill current inferiors, and then pops all
+ targets. */
+ target_preopen (from_tty);
+}
+
+static void
+inf_child_close (struct target_ops *target)
+{
+ /* In case we were forcibly closed. */
+ inf_child_explicitly_opened = 0;
+}
+
+void
+inf_child_maybe_unpush (struct target_ops *ops)
+{
+ if (!inf_child_explicitly_opened && !have_inferiors ())
+ unpush_target (ops);
}
static void
@@ -410,6 +445,8 @@ inf_child_target (void)
t->to_longname = "Native process";
t->to_doc = "Native process (started by the \"run\" command).";
t->to_open = inf_child_open;
+ t->to_close = inf_child_close;
+ t->to_disconnect = inf_child_disconnect;
t->to_post_attach = inf_child_post_attach;
t->to_fetch_registers = inf_child_fetch_inferior_registers;
t->to_store_registers = inf_child_store_inferior_registers;
@@ -445,5 +482,10 @@ inf_child_target (void)
t->to_magic = OPS_MAGIC;
t->to_use_agent = inf_child_use_agent;
t->to_can_use_agent = inf_child_can_use_agent;
+
+ /* Store a pointer so we can push the target from
+ inf_child_open. */
+ inf_child_ops = t;
+
return t;
}
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
extern struct target_ops *inf_child_target (void);
+extern void inf_child_maybe_unpush (struct target_ops *ops);
+
/* Functions for helping to write a native target. */
/* This is for native targets which use a unix/POSIX-style waitstatus. */
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@ inf_ptrace_mourn_inferior (struct target_ops *ops)
generic_mourn_inferior ();
- if (!have_inferiors ())
- unpush_target (ops);
+ inf_child_maybe_unpush (ops);
}
/* Attach to the process specified by ARGS. If FROM_TTY is non-zero,
@@ -297,8 +296,7 @@ inf_ptrace_detach (struct target_ops *ops, const char *args, int from_tty)
inferior_ptid = null_ptid;
detach_inferior (pid);
- if (!have_inferiors ())
- unpush_target (ops);
+ inf_child_maybe_unpush (ops);
}
/* Kill the inferior. */
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ static int (*linux_nat_siginfo_fixup) (siginfo_t *,
Called by our to_xfer_partial. */
static target_xfer_partial_ftype *super_xfer_partial;
+/* The saved to_close method, inherited from inf-ptrace.c.
+ Called by our to_close. */
+static void (*super_close) (struct target_ops *);
+
static unsigned int debug_linux_nat;
static void
show_debug_linux_nat (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
@@ -4776,6 +4780,8 @@ linux_nat_close (struct target_ops *self)
if (linux_ops->to_close)
linux_ops->to_close (linux_ops);
+
+ super_close (self);
}
/* When requests are passed down from the linux-nat layer to the
@@ -4857,6 +4863,8 @@ linux_nat_add_target (struct target_ops *t)
t->to_async = linux_nat_async;
t->to_terminal_inferior = linux_nat_terminal_inferior;
t->to_terminal_ours = linux_nat_terminal_ours;
+
+ super_close = t->to_close;
t->to_close = linux_nat_close;
/* Methods for non-stop support. */
@@ -2574,6 +2574,20 @@ target_require_runnable (void)
internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__, _("No targets found"));
}
+/* Whether GDB is allowed to fall back to the default run target for
+ "run", "attach", etc. when no target is connected yet. */
+static int auto_connect_native_target = 1;
+
+static void
+show_auto_connect_native_target (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
+ struct cmd_list_element *c, const char *value)
+{
+ fprintf_filtered (file,
+ _("Whether GDB may automatically connect to the "
+ "native target is %s.\n"),
+ value);
+}
+
/* Look through the list of possible targets for a target that can
execute a run or attach command without any other data. This is
used to locate the default process stratum.
@@ -2584,23 +2598,28 @@ target_require_runnable (void)
static struct target_ops *
find_default_run_target (char *do_mesg)
{
- struct target_ops **t;
struct target_ops *runable = NULL;
- int count;
- count = 0;
-
- for (t = target_structs; t < target_structs + target_struct_size;
- ++t)
+ if (auto_connect_native_target)
{
- if ((*t)->to_can_run != delegate_can_run && target_can_run (*t))
+ struct target_ops **t;
+ int count = 0;
+
+ for (t = target_structs; t < target_structs + target_struct_size;
+ ++t)
{
- runable = *t;
- ++count;
+ if ((*t)->to_can_run != delegate_can_run && target_can_run (*t))
+ {
+ runable = *t;
+ ++count;
+ }
}
+
+ if (count != 1)
+ runable = NULL;
}
- if (count != 1)
+ if (runable == NULL)
{
if (do_mesg)
error (_("Don't know how to %s. Try \"help target\"."), do_mesg);
@@ -4369,4 +4388,13 @@ When this permission is on, GDB may interrupt/stop the target's execution.\n\
Otherwise, any attempt to interrupt or stop will be ignored."),
set_target_permissions, NULL,
&setlist, &showlist);
+
+ add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("auto-connect-native-target", class_support,
+ &auto_connect_native_target, _("\
+Set whether GDB may automatically connect to the native target."), _("\
+Show whether GDB may automatically connect to the native target."), _("\
+When on, and GDB is not connected to a target yet, GDB\n\
+attempts \"run\" and other commands with the native target."),
+ NULL, show_auto_connect_native_target,
+ &setlist, &showlist);
}
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ set_board_info gdb_protocol "extended-remote"
send_user "configuring for gdbserver local testing (extended-remote)\n"
+set GDBFLAGS "${GDBFLAGS} -ex \"set auto-connect-native-target off\""
+
# We must load this explicitly here, and rename the procedures we want
# to override. If we didn't do this, given that mi-support.exp is
# loaded later in the test files, the procedures loaded then would